This embossed little hard cheese is called trnič. It was once made by Slovenian herdsmen who brought their cattle to the mountain pastures of Velika Planina during the summer. Usually made in pairs, with identical patterns—it takes approximately two litres of milk to make one trnič—its resemblance to women’s breasts is no accident. In autumn, upon their return to the valley, a herdsman would offer one trnič to his beloved as a token of faithfulness or, better yet, as a proposal of marriage. Today, its bling-bling ambitions are long gone, and trnič is celebrated simply as a Slovenian delicacy.